The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a suspected leader of the Eiye Confraternity, Lukuman Agboola, in Bariga, for allegedly killing a resident, Adegoke Philip.

Agboola, aka Baggo, reportedly killed the victim following an altercation over N20, 000 which was given to them by an unnamed politician in the community.

It was learnt that as Agboola wanted to collect the gift from the politician, one of his gang members, identified simply as Ahmed, hijacked it and fled.

Agboola was reportedly angered by Ahmed’s conduct.

 CEOAfrica gathered that a scuffle ensued between Agboola and Philip, after the latter reprimanded him for the flare-up.

After being separated, Agboola allegedly led his gang members to attack the victim the following day and stabbed him to death.

Sometime in April 2018, some months after the alleged murder, the suspect reportedly went to the New Garage area, Bariga, and threatened people with a gun.

Report says that operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Lagos State Police Command, went after him after the threat was reported to the police.

The state Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, while parading suspected cult members and armed robbers on Monday at the command headquarters in Ikeja, said 35-year-old Agboola was arrested on May 1, 2018.

He said, “In the third week of April 2018, the police received a call from an unknown person that one Lukuman Agboola,  aka Baggo, a leader of the Eiye Confraternity threatened people with a gun at New Garage, Bariga.

The command said Agboola’s confession led to the arrest of one Owodubi Ilesanmi, 37, on May 2, 2018, in Makoko.

Ilesanmi, who was said to be one of the leaders of the Eiye cult and a close friend of the late Philip, was also allegedly involved in the murder.

However, Agboola and Ilesanmi, who were said to be in police custody at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, were not paraded.

Imohimi also said some cult members were rounded up in the Bayeku area, Igbogbo, Ikorodu, around 11pm on Friday while they wanted to initiate new members, including seven underage persons.

He said a police team from the Igbogbo division swooped on the suspects after receiving a tip-off.

He identified the robbery suspects arrested as Wasiu Adam, Rasheed Yekini, Babatunde Ibrahim, Funmilola Lateef, Afeez Adeola, Rilwan Mohammed, Idowu Agboola, Mohammed Abubakar and Emmanuel Joseph, adding that they terrorized residents of the Ojo and Okokomaiko areas of

But the suspects, including 28-year-old Funmilola, who hails from Ejigbo, Osun State, denied involvement in the crime.